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Vale Nature Partnership

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Bringing people and communities together to take action for nature in the Vale of Glamorgan Part of the @LNPCymru network

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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🌙🦇 Celebrate International Bat Night (29-30 Aug)! The Vale of Glamorgan is home to some incredible bat species, including pipistrelles and lesser horseshoe bats. Watch for them at dusk as they emerge to feed. #ValeNature #TheGlamorganAndBridgendBatGroup
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🐝 Places are still available on our free BeeWalk Training session with the @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social. Learn how to monitor bumblebees, contribute to citizen science, and help support nature recovery. Don't miss out! 🎟️ Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beewalk-tr...
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Beewalk Training
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Tom Bucher-Flynn from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to learn the fascinating world of bumblebees.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🐝BeeWalk Training 🐝 Join our BeeWalk Training and learn how to monitor bumblebees as part of the UK's national BeeWalk survey scheme. Perfect for anyone who enjoyed our Bee ID Walk webinar! 🎟️ Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beewalk-tr... #Bumblebees #NatureRecovery #ValeNature 🐝
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Beewalk Training
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Tom Bucher-Flynn from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to learn the fascinating world of bumblebees.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🌿📚 Looking for your next nature read? The 2026 shortlist has been announced, celebrating outstanding nature and conservation writing. Local libraries are stocking the shortlisted titles, making it easy to discover inspiring stories about the natural world. wainwrightprize.com/shortlist-20...
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Shortlist 2026 - Wainwright Prize
Shortlists Announced From powerful conservation writing and breathtaking illustrated books to unforgettable stories for young readers, we’re delighted to reveal the 2026 Wainwright Prize Shortlists.  ...
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🐝 Curious about bumblebees? Join our online Bumblebee ID & BeeWalk Training webinar with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Learn to identify common species and contribute to vital pollinator monitoring. No experience needed! 🌼 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bumblebee-...
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Bumblebee ID and Beewalk Training online webinar
Join Vale LNP in partnership with Bumblebee Conservation Trust for this online webinar introducing the fascinating world of bumblebees..
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🦋 Introduction to Wildlife Recording – free webinar! Wed 17 June, 18:30 (online) New to recording or want more confidence? Learn the basics and how your sightings make a difference. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introducti...
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Introduction to Wildlife Recording session
Join Vale LNP in partnership with SEWBReC for this online webinar on an introduction to wildlife recording.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🌿 It’s #VolunteersWeek 💚 A big thank you to everyone supporting nature across the Vale! From volunteers to our amazing community groups, your dedication helps care for nature and local green spaces. 🐝 Sign up to our newsletter for volunteering opportunities 👇 www.valenature.org/contact
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Contact | Vale Nature
Contact the Vale Nature Partnership via email, social media or sign up to out mailing list.
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Wild About Nature Dinas Powys @wildnaturedinas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Spot the difference! April 2018 to today shows what one little community group can do. With support from amazing volunteers, TFW and @valelnp.bsky.social PS it’s not just ox-eye daisies but they do look stunning.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
🌿 So much happening for nature in the Vale! Find walks, wildlife events & more 👉 www.valenature.org/events 🌱 Hosting an event? Add it to our site and reach more people 💚 #ValeNature #GetOutside #NatureEvents
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Events | Vale Nature
Events from the Vale Nature Partnership - join us to learn more about nature in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Join myself and the @valelnp.bsky.social this Friday (29th May) as we explore the coastline around Aberthaw on the hunt for the scarce darkling beetle Helops caeruleus. For further info and booking, visit: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
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Lost and Found Species Project: Darkling Beetle Surveys
Join Vale Nature Partnership and Liam Olds, Glo i Natur, and explore the coastline around Aberthaw on the hunt for this scarce Beetle.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Join us this Friday 29th May for a free guided evening meadow walk around Grange Farm in Peterson-Super-Ely! Not to be missed! Book your free place on the booking link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meadow-wal...
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Meadow Walk: St Brides-super-Ely
Join the Vale, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot Meadows Group for an explore around 100 acres of stunning meadow in St-Brides-super-Ely.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🌍 International Biodiversity Day – 22 May Celebrate the amazing wildlife and habitats across the Vale of Glamorgan 🌿 🐝Nature supports us all, but it needs our help. 💚 Let’s protect it by creating wildlife-friendly spaces, supporting conservation, and caring for our local environment.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Join us at Cosmeston Lakes for a FREE guided bird walk this half term! 🐦🌿 Explore wildlife, try citizen science & take home a free DIY bird box 🏡 📅 Sat 30 May, 10–12 📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park Spaces limited – book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir...
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Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Join the Vale LNP and Nature on Your Doorstep for a guided bird walk and to showcase the recent addition of the Bird Hide
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Happy World Migratory Bird Day! 🐦 This year #WorldMigratoryBirdDay is highlighting the importance of citizen science in ensuring 'Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!' to help safeguard migratory birds as they make their long journeys to Wales and beyond 🪶
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
May is a special month for UK bumblebees 💛 👑 Some of these rare and less common queens will emerge from hibernation. Already active queens will produce their first daughters – the workers. 🎱 For the Big Eight, some queens will produce their first workers while others will welcome new males.
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Are you passionate about the Peacock? Smitten by Skippers? Maybe you have a soft spot for the Small White 🦋 The countdown is on to find the nation's favourite butterfly! Get ready to vote for your favourite from 15 May - 7 June. Who will be crowned Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 👑
Cut-out illustrations of 60 butterfly species found in the UK. Britain's Favourite Butterfly.co.uk in bottom left corner and Butterfly Conservation's logo in bottom right
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Penblwydd Hapus Sir David Attenborough!🎉 Your remarkable work has inspired @valelnp.bsky.social and countless others to take action for nature and help protect biodiversity for future generations Your voice has shown us not only the beauty of nature, but the importance of safeguarding it 🪶
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🌳This #NationalHedgerowWeek is the perfect time to celebrate one of our unsung heroes. Hedges support wildlife, capture carbon and connect our landscapes together protecting these vital green corridors Check out @thetreecouncil.bsky.social for more inspiration: treecouncil.org.uk/season.../na...
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National Hedgerow Week
National Hedgerow Week is a time to celebrate hedgerows, the often-unsung heroes of the British countryside that form the UK’s largest wildlife habitat.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This #HedgehogWeek help take action with the @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social Hedgehog Pledge by keeping our green spaces wild to provide food and shelter for our 🦔 friends
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Andrea Rowe @wildglamorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Seen today on my local patch in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales: Black oil beetle, Beadlet anemone, Fox moth caterpillar, Alexanders full of life. @valelnp.bsky.social such a special place.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🌳 Orchard Care & Pruning Course - Friday 13 March, 10:00 🍏 Join the Vale Local Nature Partnership and The Orchard Project for a hands‑on session to learn orchard management and pruning skills. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchard-ca... #ValeNature #OrchardCare
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Wild About Nature Dinas Powys @wildnaturedinas.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
We have two events in March. 8th March 2pm Litter Pick meeting behind Tesco and this event on Sun 22nd March. @valelnp.bsky.social
Nature on your doorstep poster. Free Indoor event, suitable for all. Murchfield Community Centre. Sunday 22nd March 1-3pm.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Huge thanks to Wildwood Ecology, Restore the Thaw volunteers, and the VoGC Countryside Rangers for amazing work at Readers Way Pond, Rhoose.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🌳Join us in planting a new hedgerow in Buttrills Playing Fields, Barry to improve biodiversity and connectivity for wildlife 🐾 All tools will be provided and all welcome! Friday 13 February, 10am onwards Buttrills Playing Fields, North Walk, Barry, CF62 8FJ what3words.com/blank.songs....
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🐦 Free Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes! Celebrate the #BigGardenBirdwatch with us 🕙 Sat 24 Jan, 10am–12pm. Free bird boxes (first come, first served)! Book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guided-bir... #ValeNature #LocalPlacesforNature #LNPCymru #NatureNeighbours
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Guided Bird Walk at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park
Join the Vale LNP and Nature on Your Doorstep for a bird walk and to showcase the recent edition of the Bird Hide
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🌱 New Year, New Nature! Make 2026 the year you help wildlife thrive. Get a Nature Recording Starter Pack or Habitat Creation Package from @valelnp.bsky.social – perfect for creating spaces for hedgehogs, bats, birds & more! 👉 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB... #ValeNature
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Interested in learning practical skills in hedgelaying and how this helps biodiversity? 🌳🐾 We have limited spaces this weekend to join our 1 day hedgelaying course in Llantwit Major, choose from either Fri 5 or Sat 6 Dec, 10-3pm More info and to book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur...
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Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.O...
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Over the past couple of years, we’ve been working with Vale of Glamorgan Council, Penarth Tree Forum, St Cyres Primary students, and local residents to make St Cyres Park a better place for nature and people. Together we’ve:
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Seed sowing at Chickenwood! Join us at Chickenwood this Friday to sow native wildflower seeds to create new meadow areas in the park Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome! Friday 28 November, 11am Meet at community noticeboard: what3words.com/vest.crisis.... #ValeNature
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🌲Tree ID Walk this Sunday at Porthkerry is POSTPONED 🌧 Unfortunately our Tree ID Walk this Sunday 23 November at Porthkerry has been postponed due to the forecasted bad weather conditions. We will share the rescheduled date soon!
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Join Us at The Knap! @valelnp.bsky.social are sowing wildflower seeds to create meadow areas. Come along and get involved, everyone is welcome. 🌼🌿 📅 Tuesday 18 November 🕚 10:30am 📍 Meeting point: what3words location: what3words.com/packet.learn... #Wildflowers #Biodiversity #ValeNature
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This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER WARNING 🌧 Unfortunately, our Wildflower seed sowing event tomorrow has been postponed due to the weather forecast for heavy rain. New date: Monday, 17 November at 11:30 AM We’d love for you to join us then!
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🌼 Wildflower Seed Sowing – Sully Linear Park 🌼 Join us on Fri 14 Nov at 11am to help sow native wildflower seeds and boost local biodiversity! 🌱🐝 📍 Meeting point: what3words.com/hook.aims.ci... (Off Westminster & Dulverton Drive) All welcome – no tools needed! 💚 #ValeLNP #NatureInTheVale
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This is the what3words address for a 3 metre square location near Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thrilled to share the finished hedge at Cosmeston! Expertly laid by Draenog Countryside & Wildlife, with help from our training course attendees. 🌿👏 This traditional technique rejuvenates hedgerows, boosting habitat for pollinators, birds & more. Great job all! 🌳 #Valenature #Hedgerows #Biodiversity
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🌿 Schools, community groups & local organisations in the Vale our Free Nature Starter Packages are ready for you! 🌼🦔 Free resources to help you bring nature into your space 🌱 ✅ Easy to apply 📥 Apply here: forms.office.com/e/BeG73imqmB... #ValeNature #NatureStarterKit #WildVale #NatureInTheVale
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🔥 Bonfire Night tip: check your bonfire for wildlife before lighting! 🦔 Hedgehogs may be hiding inside to hibernate. ✅ Build on the day ✅ Check thoroughly ✅ Move the pile if needed Let’s keep our celebrations safe for nature 💛 www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06n... #BonfireNight #HedgehogAwareness #BHPS
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Look Before Your Light on Bonfire Night!
YouTube video by The British Hedgehog Preservation Society
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🍂 Huge thanks to all the budding artists who joined our Autumn Nature art event at Forest Lodge, Porthkerry Country Park! 🎨🖌️ Special shoutout to @sarahhannis.bsky.social for leading such a creative, nature-inspired session 💛 #AutumnNatureArt #NatureInspired #ValeNature #LocalArtists
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The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Join us for an evening all about Water Voles! Come along to Cowbridge Town Hall on 13th November for a short film screening and Q&A with Water Vole experts to learn about their recent reintroduction to the River Thaw. Book your place: champ.ly/Yq_El1AM 📸 Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
A Water Vole in between reeds on a river nibbling some pond weed.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A few tickets have just become available for our FREE 1-day Hedgelaying Courses at Cosmeston, Penarth this weekend - choose either Saturday 25 or Sunday 26 October 10-4pm 🌿 Book your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur... #ValeNature #Conservation
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🦇 Today is the start of #BatWeek, an international celebration of bats and why they matter! Find out more about bats here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats
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About Bats - Bat Conservation Trust
Bats are fascinating animals – the only true flying mammal. There are 1,500 species of bats in the world (as of September 2025), and more are still bein...
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🍄 Happy #UKFungusDay 4 October 2025! 🍄 We celebrated early in the Vale with a fungi walk led by Natur Hud, joined by members of Porthkerry Wildlife Group at Porthkerry Country Park. Have you spotted any fungi, share your photos and tag us #ValeNature 📷 Porthkerry Wildlife Group #WaxcapWatch
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🐾 Well done to our partners @wtsww.bsky.social, National Resources Wales, South East Wales Rivers Trust & Restore The Thaw Project for helping bring back water voles to the Vale! Read the full article here! 🔗 BBC article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Welsh Water vole project hoping diet change can help rodents
Trying to better simulate a water vole's diet in the wild may help those released from captivity.
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Wild About Nature Dinas Powys @wildnaturedinas.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Plant survey and litter pick at Castle Drive yesterday. Lots of variety of flowers (& litter 😡😂) @valelnp.bsky.social
Grassy flowery verge and litter picking kitWild carrotYarrowCommon mallow (I think!)
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
📣1 place has just become available for each of our Learn to Scythe courses this weekend (Saturday 30 or Sunday 31 August), at University Hospital Llandough, led by Handpowered Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/vale-natur... #ValeNature #Scything #Training
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Vale Nature Partnership
First set up in 2021 through theLocal Nature Partnership Cymruproject, the Vale Nature Partnership forms part of an all-Wales network of LNPs to conserve, promote and enhance nature in their areas.Our mission in the Vale is to reconnect people from all across the county with nature. By developing a nature recovery network, we aim to engage the public, local community groups and organisations, as well as schools and businesses to take part in practical action for nature in their communities.
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We had an amazing time at the Vale Nature Festival on Sat 19 July! 🌿💚 Huge thanks to all who made it such a success. 🙌 Share your favourite moments with us using #ValeNature 📸✨ @lnpcymru.bsky.social @wcvacymru.bsky.social
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Ai-Lin @akeewales.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Many thanks to @valelnp.bsky.social for the invitation to be be part of yesterday's Vale Nature Festival. It was my pleasure to spend the afternoon talking about flora, galls, fungi & little critters. #natureconnection #naturematters 📸 Courtesy of Emily Shaw, Vale LNP
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🎉 THANK YOU / DIOLCH to everyone that joined us in the sunshine 🌞 for the second Vale Nature Festival at Cosmeston! 🎪 What an amazing turnout celebrating nature in the Vale 🐾 Lots more highlights to share with you next week but here’s a few snippets of some of the days festivities! #ValeNature
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Sneak peak of what our team has been working hard to bring together ready to welcome you all tomorrow! 🙌 🌿Join us for the Vale Nature Festival 2025 A fun-filled, family-friendly celebration of nature🐾 📅 Saturday 19 July 🕚 11am – 4pm 📍 Cosmeston Lakes Country Park bit.ly/ValeNatureFe... #ValeNature
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Vale Nature Partnership @valelnp.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🌞💧 Help Wildlife Beat the Heat! 💧🌞 Temps are rising — let’s give birds, bees & hedgehogs a hand! 🐦🦔🐝 ✅ Put out shallow water dishes ✅ Add pebbles/sticks for safe drinking ✅ Keep in the shade & clean regularly Snap a pic of your garden visitors & tag us! 📸💚 #HelpWildlife #ValeNature
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